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United States Patent | 5,706,974 |
Murdick ,   et al. | January 13, 1998 |
A lid for a container designed to contain powder or granular materials includes a lip on an interior or bottom surface of the lid for selectively attaching a scoop. The lip is resiliently deformable when an edge of the scoop is pressed against it. This deforming creates an interference fit, thereby securing the scoop to the undersurface of the lid. When the scoop is to be used, it can be easily removed from the lid without the need for rooting and searching within the container for the lid.
Inventors: | Murdick; Brian Kendall (Columbus, OH); Osip; Thomas Walter (Dublin, OH) |
Assignee: | Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL) |
Appl. No.: | 575924 |
Filed: | December 20, 1995 |
Current U.S. Class: | 220/735; 30/324; 73/426; 206/230; 206/541; 215/228; 215/390; 220/212; 426/115; D9/436 |
Intern'l Class: | A45C 011/20 |
Field of Search: | 220/212,212.5,735,729,521,523,522 215/228,386,390,391,DIG. 5 222/192 73/426 30/128,141,147,149,150,324 206/229,230,542,541,217,219 426/115 |
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Foreign Patent Documents | |||
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